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Collection Historical Note

Geographical areas include Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. The War Labor Board was created by President Roosevelt, by executive order on January 12, 1942. The War Labor Board was established to determine procedures for settling disputes that might affect war production.

This collection is housed with the A.B. Jolley Collection, the Oral History Association Collection, and the Kaspar Wire Works Collection. Boxes 1095 - 1156 contain the War Labor Board Collection.

The individual box numbers list indicates the original box number that the document was removed from and are now housed in one box: Oversized Box 1056-1197. For example Box 1109 is five items all labeled 1109 in Oversized Box 1056-1197.

UNT: 7433

Box 1095: 1942

This box contains Appendix A 1942 for the Eastern Railroads; Appendix B 1942 for the Western Railroads; Appendix C 1942 for the Southeastern Railroads.

Box 1100

This box contains Map classification of counties for Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.

Box 1105: Southwestern Greyhound, 1941-01-11 - 1943-12-19, 1943

This box contains a payroll chart for Southwestern Greyhound groups A, B, and C; a photocopy of "Effects of 35 mile speed limitation on earnings of operations"; and a comparison statement of star operators present earnings.

Box 1108: 1943-06

This box contains two rate surveys for Made By Lone Star Defense Corporation.

This box contains a promotional brochure for "Moore for Drilling... for Production"; a ledger sheet for Shreveport Laundry and Dry cleaning Association 48 hour work week; and 4 photocopies of a ledger sheet for "Comparative Profit and Loss Statement" for the L. C. Moore Company.

This box contains "Company's Exhibit 1, Agency Application and Contract," "Company's Exhibit 2, Agency Application and Contract" from Laredo, Texas for the Disputes Division form No. 80 American National Insurance Company Dallas, Texas.

Box 1132: Solvay Process Company, 1941-01-01

This box contains a job classification and wage chart for the Solvay Process Company in Winnfield, Louisiana.

Box 1133: Childlow Box and Crate Company

This box contains "Exhibit 2, Methods of Computing Max Pay in cents per Hour" and "Exhibit 3, Bonuses Paid under Incentive Plan" for the Childlow Box and Crate Company in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Box 1134: Cities Service Oil Company, 1944-09-04

This box contains "Exhibit A, Rearrangement of Job Classifications agreed to Between Company and Union" for the Cities Service Oil Company in Ponca City, Oklahoma.

Box 1136: Gulf Oil Corporation

This box contains a description of Job Classification for "Pipefitting Department - Appendix I" and "Exhibit A - Pipefitting Department" for the Gulf Oil Corporation in Port Arthur, Texas.

Box 1137: Shell Oil Company

This box contains "Table IX - Mechanical Department and Miscellaneous Jobs" for the Shell Oil Company in Norco, Louisiana Refinery.

Box 1138: Dickson - Jackson Company

This box contains Disputes form Number 80 for the Dickson - Jackson Company in Fort Worth, Texas.

Box 1139: Dallas Tank and Welding Company

This box contains "Exhibit 4 - Comparison with Going Industry Rates," a ledger sheet, and "Weighted Ave" for the Dallas Tank and Welding Company in Dallas, Texas.

Box 1140: Chalmette Petroleum Corportaion

This box contains a "Union Exhibit 1- A Brief of the Duties at Dallas Power and Light Dallas, Texas" and two copies of "Schedule of General Increases - Attachment I Present Classification" for the Chalmette Petroleum Corporation in Dallas, Texas.

Box 1141: East Texas Salt Water Disposal Company

This box contains "Attachment I - Job Classification and Wage Comparison Sheet" for the East Texas Salt Water Disposal Company in Kilgore, Texas.

Box 1143: Darbyshire - Harvie Iron and Machine Company

This box contains "Attachment I - Job Classification and Wage Rates" for the Darbyshire - Harvie Iron and Machine Company in El Paso, Texas.

This box contains "Disputes form number 80" for Mexia Textile Mills in Mexia, Texas,

"Exhibit A - Job Classification Layout" for Bareco Oil in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and "Exhibit X - Contract Comparison Presented by Company" for Shell Oil Company at a Houston Refinery.

Box 1145: Texlite Industries

This box contains a "Dispute form Number 80" for the Texlite Industries in Dallas, Texas.

Box 1146: Public Service Company

This box contains "Classifications and Months in which General Increases were Made," a map of Oklahoma showing electric power plants, transmission lines, and gas and water systems of Public Service Company of Oklahoma located in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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